diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 62e41ab..ea2db58 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ unique match.
 PADDING
 =======
 
-Internal padding can be added by using CSS to style the VTE widget. Adding the
-following snippet to ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/gtk.css`` (or
+Internal padding can be added by using CSS to style Termite. Adding
+the following snippet to ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/gtk.css`` (or
 ``~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css``) will add uniform 2px padding around the edges:
 
 .. code:: css
 
-    VteTerminal, vte-terminal {
+    .termite {
         padding: 2px;
     }
 
diff --git a/termite.cc b/termite.cc
index 55c1ca3..77cc15e 100644
--- a/termite.cc
+++ b/termite.cc
@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     VteTerminal *vte = VTE_TERMINAL(vte_widget);
 
     GtkWidget *hbox = gtk_box_new(GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 0);
+    gtk_style_context_add_class(gtk_widget_get_style_context(hbox),"termite");
     GtkWidget *scrollbar = gtk_scrollbar_new(GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, gtk_scrollable_get_vadjustment(GTK_SCROLLABLE(vte_widget)));
     gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), hint_overlay, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
     gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), scrollbar, FALSE, FALSE, 0);